Collaborative reliability analysis under the framework of multidisciplinary systems design

Optimization and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-84

  Du, Xiaoping ^a   Chen, Wei ^a,b  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative design; Most Probable Point; Multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO); Reliability analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE DESIGN; MOST PROBABLE POINT; MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (MDO); RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 27444443750     PISSN: 13894420     EISSN: 15732924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:OPTE.0000048537.35387.fa     Document Type: Article

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